Loire Valley Experiences

Tuesday, 8 November 2016

Now you see it...

The 'room within a room' has gone in what will be the salon of our house in La Guerche giving us a double view onto the chateau.

Monday, 7 November 2016

When we were out on Friday night to listen to Les Fortune Tellers the discussion came around to what type of music the daughter of Caroline, a big Rolling Stones fan was into - not so much the RS but understandably more of her own generation. One of the bands she does like is 'The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' which reminded me of the conversation Pauline and I had on her return from her last visit to Scotland.

She said that she was surprised to read on a poster that they, 'The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' were coming to play in Ayr town hall in December. Not wishing to disbelieve her I asked her if she was sure as I doubted why an international band of their calibre should play such a small provincial town. I decided to check it out for myself.

She had got it wrong - it was actually 'The Red Hot Chilli Pipers', great but not quite the same!

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Church on Sunday...well another chapel actually.

When we visited the 'International Garden Festival' at Chaumont-sur-Loire back in August we decided to take in the chateau visit as well as it had been a long time since our last visit. We decided that the additional € 4.00 would be worth it.,(€ 14.00 to visit garden festival € 18.00 to include chateau).The interior of the chateau is a poor second to its fairytale exterior but then there is the 'art' ( a collection of contemporary instalations ) and the view from the courtyard over the river Loire.Which leads us (eventually) to the chapel inside the chateau which has become part of the 'art' .

It has taken on a fairytale-esque quality but in a rather cluttered fashion which will, I'm sure, be interpreted in different ways by the many visitors who pear into it.I tried to find out more as to who's idea it was and what it might represent...without success.

Is it worth the the additional charge, if it's your first visit to 'Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire' then yes it is and you can form your own opinion with regards to the 'art' content.

Saturday, 5 November 2016

You gotta roll with it...

We went along to listen to 'Les Fortune Tellers' the Rolling Stones tribute band, at Cafe de la Paix (again) in Descartes last night. Oddly enough after a busy day we were not as 'up for it' as we would normally be but we are so glad we went as it was probably one of the best sets we have had from them. The exuberance of our friend Caroline (big big RS fan) and the local characters certainly helped. I love the fact that although they have probably played these songs thousands of times over the years they still have a great enthusiasm for them,probably repeating myself here but it is infectious. Only thing was we never got under 'Mick's' tum!

Friday, 4 November 2016

Something else for the weekend...

Something for the weekend...brocantes Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November

Brocantes / vide greniers Saturday 5th November

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls ? Unknown

BEAULIEU LES LOCHES Brocante Vide-greniers **

Brocantes / vide greniers Sunday 6th November

* Up to 50 stalls ** 50 to 100 stalls *** 100 to 200 stalls ****More than 200 stalls ? Unknown

DESCARTES Grand Bric à Brac de Noël **

LIGNIERES DE TOURAINE Foire au Pommes Vide Grenier **

LUSSAULT SUR LOIRE Bourse aux Vêtements Jouets et Puériculture ?

NOYANT DE TOURAINE Bourse aux Jouets Vêtements Puériculture **

SAINT PIERRE DES CORPS 22ème Brocante Vide Grenier *****

VOUVRAY Vide-dressing ?

Other departments: Source : http://brocabrac.fr/

Thursday, 3 November 2016

Another walk in the woods...

Friends were kind enough to invite us to join them for a walk in the 'Foret de Tours/Preuilly' yesterday and we were very glad we did...it was quite something!